NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the National Book Award finalist and author of Somadina and her twin;brother, Jayaike, are practically the same person: they finish each other''s sentences and make each other whole. When the twins come of age, their magical gifts begin to develop, but while;Jayaike''s powers enchant, Somadina''s cause fear to ripple through her town. Always an outsider, Somadina now faces blatant--and dangerous--hostility. And things go from bad to worse when her brother--the one person she trusted--vanishes. Somadina knows that no matter the dangers, she must track him down. Even if it means entering the Sacred Forest.; Even if it means grueling, otherworldly travel she may not survive.; Even if it means finding the hidden places where those closest to the spirit world don''t dare to go. Does Somadina have the strength --within both her body and her soul -- for the trying journey ahead? National Book Award finalist Akwaeke Emezi masterfully weaves a tale of family, identity, and the power of the past, in a world where the extraordinary is ordinary.

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Akwaeke Emezi (they/them) is the author of many books for both teens and adults. These include: Pet, a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, a Walter Honor Book and a Stonewall Honor Book; Bitter, a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Pick; the New York Times bestseller The Death of Vivek Oji, which was a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize; Freshwater, which was named a New York Times Notable Book and shortlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award; Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir; and most recently You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty. Selected as a 5 Under 35 honoree by the National Book Foundation, they are based in liminal spaces.